Forrest Kerr Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Iskut River, SW of Bob Quinn Lake (locality), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°44'11"N, 130°39'12"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/10 |
| Related Maps: |
104B/10 104B/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104SE, as submitted in December 1944 by Geological Survey of Canada (July 1945 letters, file S.2.44) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Name suggested by Mr. D.F. Kidd, mining geologist of Vancouver who was in this area in 1944, after the late Dr. Forrest Alexander Kerr, who mapped the geology of the lower Iskut for Geological Survey of Canada. Mr. Kidd reports the local name to be 'Sandbar' Creek. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |